Winged hero grasping human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx) on either side

Kategória	Cylinder Seals
Description of the seal image	A bearded winged hero grasps a human-headed winged lion (shedu, sphinx) on either side, each by the throat. He wears a long, quadruple-belted, tiered and fringed open robe over a short tunic. The upper part of his garment is decorated with a dotted hexagonal pattern, while the lower part between the legs has a net or crosshatch pattern. Behind the hybrid creatures is a plough.
Figures, motifs/symbols	- human-headed winged lions (shedus, sphinxes) (2): rampant, bearded - plough - winged hero: bearded, four-winged, wearing a long, quadruple-belted, tiered and fringed open robe over a short tunic; the upper part of his garment is decorated with a dotted hexagonal pattern, while the lower part between the legs has a net or crosshatch pattern
Subcategory	cylinder seal
Collection	The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
Museum number	WAM 42.706
Condition, shape	chipped upper and lower edges
Culture	Assyro-Babylonian
Provenance	ex-Henry Walters Collection (Baltimore); inherited by Sadie Jones (Mrs Henry Walters) in 1931 (New York); purchased by Joseph Brummer (Paris and New York) in 1941; purchased by The Walters Art Museum in 1941
First occurence	before 1931
Archaeological context	N/A
Registration number	N/A
Dimensions (mm): height, diameter	h: 38, d: N/A (Canby 1974); h: 40, d: N/A (WAM)
Material and features	"chalcedony"
Style	modelled
Scene	contest
Bibliography	Canby 1974, no. 15. Canby, J. V.: The Ancient Near East in the Walters Art Gallery. Baltimore, 1974. WAM: https://art.thewalters.org/detail/21277/cylinder-seal-with-winged-genius-in-combat/ [accessed: 11-11-2023].